References from the Literature

This is a selected bibliography. It is neither extensive nor comprehensive but is intended to help readers locate sources that can lead to further information. You may also want to see the annotated bibliographies provided on this site under the heading, “Literature”.

  1. Doak CC, Doak LG, Root JH. Teaching patients with low literacy skills. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1996. 

  2. Roter DL, Rudd RE, Comings J. Patient literacy: a barrier to quality of care. J Gen Intern Med 1995;13:850-1.

  3. American Medical Association Foundation. Health Literacy Kit (video, fact sheets [available at http://www.chcs.org/resource/hl.html], discussion guide), 1999.

  4. Ad Hoc Committee on Health Literacy for the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Health literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. JAMA 1999;281:552-7.

  5. Communicating with patients who have limited literacy skills: report of the National Work Group on Literacy and Health. J Fam Pract 1998;46:168-76. 

  6. Baker DW, Parker RM, Williams MV, Pitkin K, Parikh NS, Coates W, Imara MD. The health care experience of patients with low literacy. Arch Fam Med 1996;5:329-34. 

  7. Gaston MA. Low literacy: a problem in health care (editorial). J Dental Hyg 2002:76:172-3. 

  8. Osborne H. Overcoming communication barriers in patient education. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers Inc, 2001. 

  9. Williams MV, Davis TD, Parker RM, Weiss BD. The role of health literacy in patient-physician communication. Fam Med 2002;34:383-9.

  10. Frankel RM, Morse DS, Suchman A, Beckman HB. Can I really improve my listening skills with only 15 minutes to see my patients? HMO Practice 1991;5:114-20. 

  11. Barrier PA, Li JT, Jensen NM. Two words to improve physician-patient communication: what else? Mayo Clin Proc 2003;78:211-4.

  12. Prose NS. Some words that matter. Arch Dermatol 2003;139:21-2.

  13. Roter DL, Stewart M, Putnam WM, Lipkin M Jr, Stiles W, Inui TS. Communication patterns of primary care physicians. JAMA 1997;277:350-6.

  14. Stewart M, Roter D, eds. Communicating with medical patients. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1989.

  15. Roter DL, Hall JA. Doctors talking with patients/patients talking with doctors: Improving communication in medical visits. Westport CT: Auburn House, 1993.

  16. Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Piette J, Wang F, Osmond D, Daher C, Palacios J, Sullivan GD, Bindman AB. Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes. JAMA 2002;288:475-82.

  17. Braddock CH, Fihn SD, Levinson W, Jonsen AR, Pearlman RA. How doctors and patients discuss routine clinical decisions. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:339-45.

  18. Diem SJ. How and when should physicians discuss clinical decisions with patients? J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:397-8.

  19. Platt FW, Gaspar DL, Coulehan JL, Fox L, Adler AJ, Weston WW, Smith RC, Stewart M. “Tell me about yourself”: The patient-centered interview. Ann Intern Med 2001;1079-85.

  20. Schillinger D, Piette J, Grumbach K, et al. Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:83-90.

  21. Madden MA. Improving health literacy: A physician’s perspective. Slide lecture presented at the Health Literacy Symposium, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2002.

  22. Jackson RH, Davis TC, Bairnsfather LE, George RB, Crouch MA, Gault H. Patient reading ability: an overlooked problem in health care. South Med J 1991;84:1172-5.

  23. Weiss BD, Coyne C. Communicating with patients who cannot read. N Engl J Med 1997;337:272-4.

  24. Christensen RC, Grace GD. The prevalence of low literacy in an indigent psychiatric population. Psychiatr Serv 1999;50:262-3.

 

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